Background
Workman, Robert Dubois was born on June 7, 1885 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Review David R. and Sarah Gibson (McCullough) Workman.
Workman, Robert Dubois was born on June 7, 1885 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Review David R. and Sarah Gibson (McCullough) Workman.
Student Pennsylvania State College, 1903-1904, College of Wooster, 1909-1912. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1912-1915. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, College of Wooster, 1938.
Appointed chaplain with rank of Lieutenant, junior grade, United States Navy, 1915. Lieutenant, 1920-1924. Lieutenant-commander, 1924.
Captain 1924.
Chief of naval chaplains since 1937. Served in ships and stations throughout United States and abroad. Rear admiral, March 1945.
Member Military Order World War (New York chapter), Sigma Chi, National Sojourners.
Married Elisabeth Margaret Stewart, January 3, 1916. Children: Elisabeth Jean, Patricia.